I still don't like Animal Collective.
Yes, I “get” them. I don’t like them.
Maybe it would be good if they left out the crappy folk music part, but that seems to be most of it. It’s all part of the conspiracy to make pseudo-folk music seem cool somehow. It’s not. But whatever.
The Nirvana covers have made me physically ill.
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I just wanted to make a post like that. Really I don’t care. But I wonder if John will read the comments first.
john reads bits and pieces of posts, in a past post i told him i was lying about everything i was about to say. didn’t matter, he thought i was truthful
HOLY CRAP! Wow! What an awesome link! I really want to hear these Nirvana covers.
As for the ability to make psuedo-folk music cool, listen to Leaf House off Sung Tongs. It’s friggin’ awesome.
Wow, the only thing that Polly cover had in common with Polly was the words. A bit.
I’ve totally come around on Animal Collective. John can attest to how much I disliked them. But something on the last album just clicked, as did listening to the Panda Bear record. I can’t say I totally love them now or that some of it still isn’t unlistenable garbage but I can at least appreciate the whole approach to it. Although I agree that the neo-folky parts are definitely the most annoying thing about them.
Rock & Roll is probably nearing its 100-year anniversary. Animal Collective has something new and unique about them. I need that these days.
Paris said:Rock & Roll is probably nearing its 100-year anniversary. Animal Collective has something new and unique about them. I need that these days.
Amen, brother. I’m at the point now where that’s pretty much my only requirement for music anymore: Be Different.
Their music is okay, but I don’t think it manages to surmount its gimmick most of the time. When it does, it’s enjoyable.
But they give themselves stupid fake names. If I met them in person and was actually a person capable of violence, I’d have to resist the urge to pound them over and over and over and over in the face until there was nothing left above their necks but strawberry jam.
Justin said:Their music is okay, but I don’t think it manages to surmount its gimmick most of the time. When it does, it’s enjoyable.
But they give themselves stupid fake names. If I met them in person and was actually a person capable of violence, I’d have to resist the urge to pound them over and over and over and over in the face until there was nothing left above their necks but strawberry jam.
That about sums it up perfectly. Although before last year I probably would have limited it to the second paragraph with no caveats. Now I can at least agree with the first paragraph as well.
They don’t seem very different to me. I kinda like Panda Bear. They seem like a neo-Grateful Dead to me tho. It’s on the same level, it has it’s moments but there’s something about it I can’t stand.
Altho anyone who like that stuff should be listening to Scott Williams’ show on FMU. He picks out the good stuff and mixes it with other stuff so it works. Comus and the Wicker Man soundtrack are staples on there, too. He plays a lot of stuff I would never listen to a whole album of.
When is Scott Williams show on? I know what time/day/shows I listen to on FMU but I never know the dj names.